What is it about British whodunits that I love so much? I have recently started re-reading Peter Robinson’s Chief Inspector Banks books, and in the past two weeks have raced through four and am tackling the fifth now! Actually, perhaps it is not hard to see why I am hooked. Back from my dream trip […]
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I finally did it! Yes!
I went and bought a new laptop! (And what were you thinking?!) Okay, it’s not exactly state of the art. It’s a Toshiba. Celeron 1.6 Ghz, with a 128 MB ATI Radeon X200 graphics card and 1 Ghz RAM. Before any of you starts off on why I bought a Celeron, etc., etc…. well, I […]
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A Sim-land update
There is a lot happening around me, but I am so sick of it! Let’s talk about my Sims’ lives for the moment. Much more exciting! Thanks to Marie, I am now no longer allergic to sending Sims to college! At the moment there are about half a dozen Sim teens waiting to go to […]
Blogger’s block?!
I think I have blogger’s block! There is not a single intelligent thing I can think of to rant about. Or maybe I’m ill! Lots of things have been happening. I am in Bangalore, house-hunting. (In other words, spongeing off my sister right now! Well, not exactly totally spongeing—she just has to keep me in […]
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This and that…
Have I been neglecting my Web site and blog lately? Hmm… it does seem that way. Though, ironcially, I have never before been busier with things Webby. Apart from dealing with a little paid project, I finally got around to releasing a public design on OWD. It’s called Inspire. Meanwhile, still keeping with the England […]
London again
London has been variously described as loud, noisy, dirty. Compared with Delhi, I found it calm and clean, and I found the silence among the crowds fascinating!! It wasn’t my favourite place in England, but I didn’t exactly dislike it as much as Birmingham. It’s true what they say about the English—they really don’t stare! […]
Sheffield, Chatsworth and Stratford-Upon-Avon
On 10th August, I went to Pemberly! Well, I couldn’t resist that! More accurately, we, that is, my sister-in-law and I, went to Chatsworth in Derbyshire, which is the seat of the Duke of Devonshire. Why the Duke of Devonshire should reside is Derbyshire is a logical question. I, unfortunately, have no answer apart from […]
Lake District, day four (Buttermere and Scale Force)
The last day we spent at the Lake District was the only one that was rainy. The skies were overcast and a fine drizzle seemed to hang in the air. It didn’t stop the holidaymakers, ourselves included, and we set ourselves the relatively easy target of walking around the Buttermere lake. Like all the other […]
Lake District, day three (Castlerigg Stone Circle)
On the third day we went back to Keswick by bus, having decided to walk to the prehistoric Stone Circle at Castlerigg. Quiet, winding country lanes, vast open farm fields, plenty of sheep, stiles and swing gates later, we arrived at Castlerigg. We climbed over a stone stile set into one of those drystone walls […]
Lake District, day two (Crummock Water)
Both Sumaira and I were in love with Crummock Water, and decided to challenge our ageing bones with the 12 km walk around it. We vowed to set off nice and early, but that came to nothing as we dawdled in the morning, sitting outside on the barn steps, drinking tea and gazing at the […]